Aircraft assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB, CA, Air Force Systems Command at Holloman AFB, NM, and other test programs. Also, there was the 6520th Test Group, Electronic Research Division-ARDC (ESD) Hanscom Field. MA.
F-106A 56-0451, the first 106 built, and it's sister 56-0452, the 2nd Six built, were initially Convair company birds. If you look close at these birds they don't have a Tail Hook, which was added many years later. As the F-106 was initially designated as the F-102B notice fuselage Buzz Numbers using 'FC" such as 'FC-451'. The first three F-106's (56-0453 being the third) all had 'FC' buzz numbers, 'FC' being the F-102 designator, while 'FE' later became the F-106 specific designator. The aircraft you see here with FC on the side indicates it was in fact an F-102B at the time of the photo, very early in flight testing and not yet production, also indicated by the orange test and eval paint color schemes.
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560459 Red Baron
- 4583 visits
, Rating: 4.27
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3720 visits
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560459 Joe Rogers Speed Record Walk Around
- 3658 visits
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560454 IFR
- 3304 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3211 visits
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560451 Landing
- 3164 visits
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Joe Rogers and Joe Sylvia 590086
- 3164 visits
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560467 Speed Record Maj Rogers
- 3065 visits
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560467 Speed Record Debrief
- 2960 visits
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570242 1958 Crash Site
- 2883 visits
, Rating: 3.03
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560462
- 2840 visits
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560467 Speed Record
- 2764 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2695 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2681 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2647 visits
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560451 YF-106A 1957
- 2644 visits
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560454 Convair
- 2563 visits
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560462
- 2506 visits
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560461
- 2502 visits
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San Diego Convair Plant 572516 Prep for Acceptance
- 2502 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 2489 visits
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Joe Rogers and Joe Sylvia 2003
- 2469 visits
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572504 Press Photo
- 2394 visits
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570237 and F-107 Edwards 1959
- 2390 visits
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Joe Rogers and Joe Sylvia 2003
- 2370 visits
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560462 Wing Fences
- 2363 visits
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Cockpit Test Configuration in 560459
- 2346 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2337 visits
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560451 Flight Test
- 2316 visits
, Rating: 2.63
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2274 visits
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560451 Sheaffer Tail Hook Tests
- 2273 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2236 visits
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Spin Testing Edwards AFB 572507
- 2225 visits
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Cockpit Test Configuration in 560459
- 2169 visits
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572504
- 2157 visits
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Edwards Air Show 1960
- 2137 visits
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560451 First Flight 1956
- 2126 visits
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560462
- 2122 visits
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570237 Edwards 1959
- 2117 visits
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Speed Run Notes of Loyd Miller
- 2113 visits
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Cockpit Test Configuration in 560459
- 2096 visits
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560467 1960
- 2089 visits
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590092 Firing Six-shooter
- 2077 visits
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572490 6520th Test Group
- 2062 visits
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560455 Wing Fences
- 2045 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2020 visits
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560467
- 2018 visits
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560461
- 2010 visits
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560467 Speed Run
- 2006 visits
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590092 1972 Six Shooter Tests
- 1976 visits
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Speed Run Notes of Loyd Miller
- 1976 visits
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560453 1958 FC Buzz Number
- 1956 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1955 visits
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560467
- 1951 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 1909 visits
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570238
- 1908 visits
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590086 AFSC Test ACFT
- 1868 visits
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572513 572516
- 1864 visits
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590092 1972 Six Shooter Tests
- 1828 visits
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572507 Wing Fences
- 1823 visits
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570238
- 1819 visits
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560462 J-57-P-9
- 1795 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1791 visits
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570242 Crash 27Oct1958 Parts
- 1762 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1749 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1717 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1694 visits
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Frank E. Cheshire Jr. 94 FIS
- 1657 visits
, Rating: 4.30
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560455 AFSC WPAFB
- 1648 visits
, Rating: 4.30
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590086 AFSC Test ACFT Text
- 1645 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1624 visits
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560467 Open House 1961
- 1616 visits
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590086 AFSC Test ACFT Team2
- 1614 visits
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590061
- 1611 visits
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560451 First Flight - FC Buzz Number
- 1608 visits
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572512 Wing Fences 1959
- 1608 visits
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560455
- 1557 visits
, Rating: 4.30
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1551 visits
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560467
- 1547 visits
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572514
- 1531 visits